{"product_id":"9780316261388","title":"The Opium-Eater: A Thomas De Quincey Story","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom bestselling thriller author David Morrell comes a brooding Thomas De Quincey short story about the coldest of deaths and their heartbreaking aftermath.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Thomas De Quincey--the central character of Morrell's acclaimed Victorian mysteries, \u003ci\u003eMurder as a Fine Art\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eInspector of the Dead--\u003c\/i\u003ewas one of the most notorious and brilliant literary personalities of the 1800s. His infamous \u003ci\u003eConfessions of an English Opium-Eater\u003c\/i\u003e made history as the first book about drug dependency. He invented the word \"subconscious\" and anticipated Freud's psychoanalytic theories by more than a half century. His blood-soaked essays and stories influenced Edgar Allan Poe, who in turn inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to create Sherlock Holmes. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But at the core of his literary success lies a terrible tragedy. In this special-edition novella, based on real-life events, Morrell shares De Quincey's story of a horrific snowstorm in which a mother and father died and their six children were trapped in the mountains of England's Lake District. Even more gripping is what happened after. This\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis the true tale of how Thomas De Quincey became the Opium-Eater, brought to life by award-winning storyteller David Morrell. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e An afterword contains numerous photographs of the dramatic locations in the story.","brand":"Little, Brown and Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47170620817648,"sku":"9780316261388","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780316261388_p0.jpg?v=1769889235","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780316261388","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}